Walmart to break ground Monday on new market in Niskayuna

Workers prepare the foundation at the site of the new Walmart Neighborhood Market on Monday afternoon.

Walmart plans a groundbreaking ceremony at 9 a.m. Monday for its new Neighborhood Market, a food store that will be Walmart’s first for the new format in upstate New York. The market, at 40,000 square feet, is about a quarter the size of a Walmart supercenter.

The market will be built in Mansion Square, at the corner of Route 5 and Balltown Road, across from Mohawk Commons. Contractors already are at work on the site, preparing the foundation for the new store. Walmart executives, and local and economic development officials, plan to attend the ceremony. The store will employ 90 full- and part-time workers.